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  • It was called his nanxun, or “southern journey,” and it lasted a month.

    THE COMMANDING HEIGHTS DANIEL YERGIN 1998

  • In what would prove to be his most widely quoted remark from the nanxun, Deng urged his fellow party members to “watch out for the Right, but mainly defend against the Left.”

    THE COMMANDING HEIGHTS DANIEL YERGIN 1998

  • As Deng emphasized on his nanxun, nothing could compare to the frenetic growth on the southern coast in Guangdong province, and in particular the Pearl River delta.

    THE COMMANDING HEIGHTS DANIEL YERGIN 1998

  • The nanxun became the subject of extensive press coverage and much discussion.

    THE COMMANDING HEIGHTS DANIEL YERGIN 1998

  • 1992Deng Xiaoping takes his nanxun to southern China to protect economic reforms.

    THE COMMANDING HEIGHTS DANIEL YERGIN 1998

  • Replying to Chen’s recent reading list of communist classics, Deng offered the stunning revelation during his nanxun that he had never bothered to read Marx’s Das Kapital.

    THE COMMANDING HEIGHTS DANIEL YERGIN 1998

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